Gonzalez-Morales v. Hernandez-Arencibia

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that defendants’ institution of multiple legal proceedings “d[id] not convert what [wa]s essentially a single episode into the kind of pattern that demonstrates a threat of continued activity”
• noting that a Rule 12(b)(6) motion should be granted “only if it clearly appears, according to the facts alleged, that the plaintiff cannot recover on any viable theory.”
• “assum[ing] that the filing of frivolous suits may constitute RICO extortion in some instances”
• providing that \arguments not developed are waived\
• “Courts have consistently held that a single episode does not constitute a pattern, even if that single episode involves behavior that amounts to several crimes (for example, several unlawr ful mailings).”
• “Section 1983 . . . does not provide relief against most private individuals: the deprivation must be caused by a person acting under color of” state law. (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).